LUCAS'S POV

Sanvi has been driving from whole two hours, and I don't f*****g know where the heck are we even going.
Now, we are out of the city and this looks like some type of woods,with only the trees surrounding the area.
I never knew this place existed, despite of staying here my whole life..
Great!!
I rolled my eyes at the thought.
I didn't even see a single house from fifteen minutes.
Leave about stores...

Don't tell me these both are executing their plan of murdering me.

Lucas stop being so dramatic.. my conscience grumbled...
Yeah,yeah. .
It's not like I want to be the dramatic one. This situation and the place is giving me those vibes that's it.

Nowadays I feel like no one fears me except for my business associates and employees,well media does fear me but still they don't stop spreading rumours about me and my life.

Everyone of my family,now including Sanvi's family don't give a f**k about me.
This is why people say that, you can be respected by the President himself,but your family and friends not so much,.they don't give a damm about who am I ? Or what my position is?do they?

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I was now bouncing my leg in anticipation.
I wanted to scream and punch something seriously...
But God!!! I couldn't..
This waiting,this curiosity was killing me.
And I was never good at waiting.
I have no idea,how the f**k am I going to react infront of Nathaniel Rossi.
I don't even know,how he looks?
Was he going to claim Sanvi as his?
No....
I am her husband.

What... What if Sanvi wants a divorce?
No...
My heart tightened painfully at the thought,I didn't really know why?
We have not been married for even six months now...
We can't file a divorce, right?
Eli can surely h-

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Wait wait is this me trying to save my marriage?
Why am I even doing this?
I didn't even wanted to marry in the first place...

Then why?
Why the heck am I trying to find reasons to save the marriage, which I never wanted .

I didn't have any of the answers.
Wh-

My thoughts were cut off by Sanvi.
As she stopped the car abruptly.

And then I saw that it was a flower shop.
What the heck?
Nathaniel Rossi owns a flower shop now?
It had his company's symbol.

So Nathaniel now works in the flower shop?
What the f**k??

Even before I could ask Sanvi,I saw a old lady coming in our direction.

She smiled brightly at Sanvi.

"Hello darling, you are here once again, Are you going to meet Nate again?" I clenched my fist at her question.
Oh!! So Sanvi regularly meets Nathaniel.

"Yes Aunt Josey, I am going to meet Nate." Sanvi answered with a wide smile, which i never saw on her face.
Except in those photos which Jacob showed me.
I just despise this Nate guy so much.

"Well Darling,the flowers which Nate booked to send you daily, has been due for almost 3 months,where do you want me to send them?" What??
This is f*****g too much...
Why the heck would he still send Sanvi flowers? She is already married, for god's sake.

And you fool never bought flowers for her despite being her husband.my conscience mocked angrily.
What??
It was an arranged marriage..
I was just getting adjusted to it.
And I can also bring flowers, I have a big garden in my penthouse for godsake and it has flowers too.

Are you f*****g serious Lucas,just shut up already.my conscience groaned.

"Aunt Josey, send half of the flowers to our house, and half of them to Lucas's house,I will message you the address. And from now on send it there,not our house, Oh!! and Aunt Josey this is Lucas my husband. " Sanvi introduced me.
I didn't know what to actually say..
Sanvi just asked her to drop off the flowers at my penthouse .
And where is this our house?
Whose house is that?
And that Nathaniel Rossi's flowers in my penthouse and that too the flowers are for my wife.
Why the f**k would I allow them in my penthouse?
What the actual heck is happening here?

The old lady beamed at me.

"Oh heavens!! So you are the lucky one to marry Sanvi. Take good care of her young man. And Sanvi darling what flowers do you need for Nate today?" I think my head is going to burst now any time soon.
What flowers?
What exactly is happening here?
And is Nate in some hospital or something?

"White and red roses." Sanvi answered softly.
Why those ?

The old lady just smiled and nodded.
She walked back to the store and after a few minutes a teenage boy came back while holding a bouquet of red and white roses. Sanvi just smiled and kept the bouquet in the backseat and started driving once again.

I was once again zoned out in my thoughts.
Wondering about where the f**k is Nathaniel Rossi ?

And what the f**k is actually happening in my un- dramatic life?

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After another fifteen minutes,Sanvi stopped the car once again.

She unbuckled her seatbelt and exited out of the car,while I did the same.

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I am sure that by now my jaw was hanging on the floor,and my eyes would pop out any moment with how wide it was..
No f*****g way.
What on earth are we doing here?
This should be a prank.
Yes, Sanvi is playing a prank on me.

I stood there frozen,I couldn't move...
By seeing my frozen self, Sanvi dragged me inside the place and I simply let her drag me,as I couldn't process any thing,.......after a short walk we stopped and Sanvi smiled widely.

"Hi Nate,and if you are wondering who this is, which I know you wouldn't, as you are completely aware about him. So let me introduce you both properly" Sanvi happily said and I could just gape like a fish at the scene infront of me.

I didn't know how to react...
It was as if my brain was striving hard to process the information infront of me.

"Nate this is Lucas,my husband, and Lucas this is my love,my life ,my everything, Nathaniel Rossi." Sanvi introduced us, and I was frozen once again.

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How the heck was I going to greet him?
I wanted to dig a hole and bury myself.
Shit!! Shit!!
I didn't know how to react, heck!! I didn't know what was I even feeling...

There were a myriad of emotions running inside of me.
But, regret and remorse was the strongest emotion I felt,when I saw Sanvi happily chatting with Nathaniel....

Or more specifically Nathaniel's Grave.

YES, WE WERE IN A GRAVEYARD.
NATHANIEL ROSSI WAS DEAD.

I was feeling guilty for despising and bad mouthing about the man who was dead,
I felt my heart break at the happy looking Sanvi..
How can she smile like that?

"Lucas what happened? Now don't you want to know where I was ? Who is Nate? Nothing." Sanvi questioned me smilingly,but I could see the tears forming in her eyes.
I just casted my eyes down, unable hold the contact of the pair of beautiful eyes, which held immense pain and suffering.
I didn't wanted to be the reason of her unhealed wounds opening.
Her pain was still raw,it was crystal clear that she was still whole heartedly in love with her dead fiance. She was still grieving on his death.

"This is Nate; Lucas and you were right, I did spend my time with him." She stated and I still didn't look up at her.

"Nate, I don't know why you did this, like seriously ? Out of all the sweet boys,you had to choose this grumpy pants? Or you wanted someone just like you ha!!" She was speaking to Nate's Grave.
I glanced at her to only come face to face with her back.I took a look at the Grave infront of me.
Nate's Grave was looking like a brand new one.
But the date written on it said otherwise.

NATHANIEL ROSSI
(1993- 2018)

BESTEST FRIEND
GREAT DOCTOR
A HERO.
THE BEST BOYFRIEND
THE BEST LOVER
THE BEST FIANCE

Even after my death,I will still
love you and only you,I will still protect you, I will always stay with you,
Forever and always Amore.
Always keep smiling my love.
Yours and only yours
-NR.♡

I was speechless by the words written on the Grave,as well at Sanvi's words.
How much did he love Sanvi?
And what did she mean by he choose me?
How on earth is it possible?

Upon seeing my shocked self, Sanvi shook her head and sat down beside Nathaniel's Grave and gestured me to sit down on the other side,which I compiled without a single thought, and she turned towards me and said.

"It's been 3 years of his death and my family wanted me to settle down,but they knew I couldn't move on just yet,so they gave me the first two years to grieve on Nate, but that was never enough,still my family from a year started searching for the perfect grooms and I kind of actually met almost 20 grooms before you. Out of them 3 rejected me,two were gay and had a boyfriend,I don't even get why their parents were forcing them to marry. Then another one just at our dinner date realised his never ending love for someone. So yeah,I rejected 17 man's, as everytime I brought the photo of that person here,yeah photo I know it's weird ,but it would someway or the other way flew away with or without wind, and slowly I thought that it was my imagination that's all, as every other photo was being rejected,and maybe it is,but the day when I brought your photo,despite of heavy winds, your photo kind of stuck there, without moving an inch,it was as if it was glued. I thought that there was glue behind the photo. But no there was nothing, so I tried and placed all those other photos which I still had, they all flew away the instinct I placed them,but yours didn't.. So yeah, that was why I accepted the proposal of marrying you. "
I was speechless at her confession.
What the.....
How on earth is it possible?
Why the heck would he choose me out of all the people's?
Me,who didn't wanted to marry at all!!

Maybe that is the reason,as Sanvi didn't wanted to get married too.my conscience suggested .
I think maybe it's right!!
But I had a doubt,how exactly did Nathaniel die?
Did he have a disease?
An accident?
I turned towards Sanvi and was about to open my mouth to ask her ,but I quickly shut it, that would be more insensitive.
I can't do that,I have already hurt her enough with my words.

But how am I going to know about the reason?

"What do you wanted to ask Lucas?" Sanvi inquired me and I hesitated ,but she just offered me a small smile to assure me that it was okay to ask.
So I breathed in and out,to calm my raging heart and voiced out my question, which wiped out Sanvi's small smile.

"What happened to Nathaniel?" Sanvi fell silent,her eyes moistened yet again,and I wanted to kick myself once again.

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This awkward silence was killing me, and Sanvi still looked reluctant and miserable, but suddenly she sighed.

"Nate was Murdered." Sanvi disclosed the information and I felt my eyes bulge out from my sockets.
What the f**k?
Murder?
Who would murder him and why?

"Actually it was meant to be me." Sanvi's voice brought me out of my thoughts.
What did she mean by that?
For some reason I knew that I was not going to like the next words.

"I was meant to be dead that day,not Nate." She spoke in agony, my breath hitched and my heart stopped beating for a second.
What???
I ... What?
Who would want to kill Sanvi?
And I hated the thought of someone trying to harm Sanvi.
I clenched my fist tightly and my jaw tightened.

"It was a month before our marriage, Nate had planned a suprise date for us. His words were ' Last date as fiance's ' . We were going to have our dream wedding. Well, who am I kidding, things were mostly of my wish, because Nate loved whatever I loved,so that day,I was actually not feeling well due to my unexpected period , and Nate didn't wanted to go out as he knew about my cramps, but I convinced him that I was good and he very reluctantly agreed, and that was the only decision of mine which I always will regret till I die. So we were having a great day as it was a outdoor date in the woods, he had arranged a dreamy date,with all my favourites. It was beautiful and I forgot my cramps due to the immense happiness, but still there was a bad feeling you know,the unsettling one, as if something is going to happen,I just pushed it aside and after the date we were on our way to our house,and suddenly something happened,in a blink ,our car had crashed on the nearby tree, and in that accident contrary to Nate who just had some scratches,I was bleeding, my head has been hurt, Nate slowly got up and I was half conscious at that time, he helped me out and we couldn't even speak a word as there was a man standing not far away from us holding a gun." Sanvi was whispering now, her fingers where trembling,I didn't know why,but I just acted on my instincts and held her hand, she just gave me a watery smile as she was slowly crying.
I was scared to listen to the rest of the part.
Sanvi took a shaky breath and continued.

"He was someone we knew,but I wasn't completely conscious at that time, but then he spoke and we knew who it was, it was actually my library friend, who left our university two years back,we didn't know were he was,it was like he vanished in thin air. But there he was after two years, pointing a gun in our direction,or specifically mine, he was giving me chills, with his stare, he didn't look like the cute, innocent,shy nerd whom I was familiar with,he looked like the very definition of a psycho,he smiled creepily at me,while he sneered at Nate. He then started to speak ,he confessed that he loved me,and how I never acknowledged his love and then he started speaking gibberish I couldn't even understand half of the things,I was feeling dizzy,but it was clear that he was mentally ill, and then,he said the words which changed everything, destroyed my world in matter of seconds. He growled at Nate that if he couldn't have me then no one could. I was striving hard to stay conscious as well as to understand what was happening,and Nate knew his intentions from the start,just as he shot the gun in my direction,Nate pushed me down and he stood in my place. " Sanvi shakily whispered , she was breathing hard now.
I just closed my eyes feeling guilty for despising Nathaniel, who saved Sanvi, he loved her enough to sacrifice his life for her.
He was a hero, a real hero.

"Nate had took the bullets,which were meant for me,He had two bullets,one above his heart and the other one below his heart, when Nate pushed me down,I had once again banged my already bleeding head on a rock, I was slipping in and out of consciousness,I was definitely going to die, that was what I thought, but Nate who was now on the floor, crouched near me,I don't even know how he did it,but he did and sat up straight while pressing his wounds tightly, he was also struggling to breath,he looked pale... I remember him taking my head in his lap and trying to stop the flow of blood. But to no avail, as he himself was loosing his life. I don't remember how, but I knew that Nate had managed to call Cole and inform him about us. And I remember the last words I heard before I blacked out. I will always love you, my Sanvi, dead or alive. I will protect you. That was the last words I heard from Nate and he kissed my forehead,I didn't know what was happening,I didn't know why he was saying this . So yeah that was it. I woke up one day in hospital crying my heart out and screaming for Nate. I didn't know what happened,but I knew something was wrong. My heart was breaking beyond repair. " My breath hitched at Sanvi's words. But I was more and more respecting Nathaniel and his love. How the heck did he do all those things when he himself had two bullets in him?
Exactly how much did that man love Sanvi?

"Then upon hearing my screams My family,My friends,Your family entered there, looking devastated no one answered me about my Nate. No one was ready to look at me,or answer me, everyone's eyes were moist, everyone looked exhausted, they had bags under their eyes. I screamed for Nate and that's when my mother hugged me and started crying and it was Cole who disclosed the fact that Nate... Nat-- Nate was no more. That he died and I was in coma for 5 months, I didn't even get to see him one last time,as they couldn't keep him so long,so they cremated him. I passed out after listening to this. I was in denial for days,and when I finally realised that my Nate was no more,I wanted to die, But then Cole came up to me and remainded me of my promise to Nate, which kept me going. You know Lucas,for the first time in my life,I wanted a miracle so badly. But it's real life not some soap opera where the hero takes bullets but still survives. " Sanvi completed now she was silently crying, so I hugged her without giving much of a thought.
She needed comfort and I will try my best to give her that.
But I still had one doubt, what happened to the killer?

"Sanvi,what happened to the killer?" I asked even though I knew that I shouldn't, but I wanted to torture that f****r with my bare hands and to never let him die.
I wanted that f****r to beg for death.

"He actually shot himself and as he was at the edge , his body fell down the cliff and his body was found hanging on one of the trees, and it was given to his brother for him to perform his last rites. I was right, he was mentally ill, he was actually obessesd with me, and when he saw me with Nate,he lost it and started behaving differently and violently,so his brother took action and he was in a mental asylum for a year and then he was discharged from there,as he acted like he was fine. But no he wasn't over me or anything,he was just pretending to be fine, actually when police raided his house they found out that he had many pictures of me, and it also looked like he had stocked me almost everywhere, that was the reason why he knew about our location that day. I didn't even like him, hell!! I never knew he liked me, We hardly ever met outside the library.I just considered him as my friend that's it. But he back stabbed me in the worst way possible. " Sanvi murmured softly but i could clearly hear the agony in her voice,her pain, her sufferings.
Everything.

I was about to open my mouth, but suddenly it started raining,which wasn't new as it rained here anytime.

So we parted from the hug which would have been awkward in another circumstances,but not now and we stood up from the ground.
And hurriedly walked towards the car,I glanced at the grave one last time,and when I turned around I felt a gentle breeze on my shoulder,as if it was patting me.
What?
I just shook my head and entered the car.

"Lucas I think it would be better not to go back to the penthouse as it's almost three hours drive,and it's already 8 in the night. So I was thinking,will you be okay if we go to mine and Nate's house. It's just 20 minutes away. " Sanvi hesitantly asked me, I just nodded at her with a small smile and my saw my phone.

Shit!! Shit!!
I forgot to inform Eli.

I shot a quick message to Eli informing him that I am with Sanvi and we won't come home,as well as to look after King.

I looked out at the window ,
I still couldn't believe how much was unknown to me..
My whole family knew about this...
How much did Sanvi suffer?
How much is she still suffering?
But I promised one thing today, both to myself and Nate, that I will look after Sanvi and I will try my level best and more to make her happy.
I stared at Sanvi and as if realising my stare, she smiled slightly.

Today was different...
Very different.

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